Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-04
MeAkNess IN GIVING REWARDS.
A London Correspondent M,nt Ions Sew.
eral Rather Interesting Cases.

A London Correspondent Mrni Ions Sew
eraI Rather Interesting Cases.
l think | read somewhere Of Robert
Burns making q remark about n mans
meanncsS in the reward business. If |
remember rightly, a canny Scot. who
had not been as canny about his steps as
with his cash, fell off the pier at Grecrock.
A Greunockile iished him out. and was
rewarded by a shilling. From my cNpe-
rience with the climate of Greenock |
would ,SIy that it didn't make much
difference To a person whether he was in
the water or ON what they sarcastically
call the ''iry" land there; yet the rescuer
growled little about the meagcrncss Of
the reward. Its all right. said Burns
Tor words 10 that %eiiCctI. 1.-THE gentleman
best knows his own value" | heard of
u rich AMI pious man in Detroit who lost
his pockctbOok, containing a good deal of
wealth, and when "A bright young fellow
returned il said, God bless YOU, my
boy, heaven will reward your honesty
THAT'S all right" answered the boy;
''but if you like 10 pay cash down Ill
make u large reduction IN the celestial
order" The rich man rebuked his flip
rancy and irreverence by giving him
nothing. A Windsor Canadal man
whom | know very well lost a packet
book that contained his card and $50.
A laboring ma brought il 10 his office.
My friend spread the bills out, and said
10 the man. How much is il worth to
,..s,,r,, tl..s ,a-h ~ ,,,..'' ..nh \ lnnft
KNOW" answered the finder. We'll, i
consider it's worth whatever amount Of
money you like to take out of that pile.
Whatever is left is my gain, for | never
expected To scei it again. Help Yourself"
The man. with some reluctance, took out
one Of the So hills. is that too much:"
he asked. mo, it's too little" Say
another dollar, then" Better take the
even 50. and leave me the even $50" So
on that lasis il was satisfactorily settled
While on this subject / may mention
an item that appeared the other day in
The Belfast Morning News. The London
correspondent of that paper said that in
1S2l an Irish soldier, named Moloney.
saved the life of a little girl , Years old.
That little girl afterwards became queen
of England. The Belfast News gives the
following particulars: He was walking
near the carriage in which the infant
princess was driving, and when the car
riage was upset he rushed to the child's
rescue, and brought her safely out Of the
broken vehicle. He broke his leg. how
ever, in the attempt, and sustained other
injuries. from which lie suffered for some
time afterwards. The duchess Of Kent.
the queens mother, gave him the reward
Of 81 for his heroic act. In a few years
lac was ant out 10 India with his regi-
ment, and there he spent upwards of
twenty years, returning 10 England a
pensioner on sixpence a day. Being in
great distresS-SiSpence a day Icing un-
able Ia maintain the por fellow-he
wrote Ia her majesty. reminding her Of
the important service he lial rendered to
her in early life.
No notice whatever was taken of the
application. Nothing daunted. however,
he wrote again and again, but still no
response anne from Windsor. To shorten
IN H1'iN' ht h'lN i'ihlhAhlN w i~nu,ltSiN
for Nearly twenty years that he had saved
her life, and a. he was lsginningt Ia think
at last that he could never succeed in
exciting the rival gratitude To do any.
thing fm him. lac received through the
post IA small donation anonymously. The
following week it was repeated. Upon
the introduction If postal orders le got
one for II almost every week, the donor
LNing still mnIeless. AS the orders.
however, bore the Windsor postmark. Ic
suspected the source whence they ann
AT last one day Il slip of paper, which
appeared To have Len put into the letter
accidently. revealed the name Of the
sender-S Sir Henry Ponoonby, the queens
private secretary. -Lukc Sharp in De-.
troit Free Press.